We are recording today on the traditional ancestral and unceded territories

of the Coast Salish and Kwakwakiwak peoples, including Slaywattu, Squamish,

Musqueam, and Komak's First Nations.

Hello and welcome to Love to Sew. I'm Caroline, the owner of Blackbird Fabrics,

and I'm Helen, the designer behind Helen's Closet Patterns.

We're two sewing buds who love to sew our own clothes and want to encourage you

on your sewing journey too. Join us for today's topic,

Cutting Patterns and Fabric.

Hi, Helen. Hi, Caroline. How are you doing today?

I'm doing well. Thanks. How are you?

I'm good. It's our recording week and in between recording. I like to do some sewing in my studio

so I can just relax and take a little break. So right now I'm working on a Reynolds

Winslow mashup jump suit situation. Oh, I like that. Right. I think it's going to be cute.

Are you doing pleats in the Winslow's or? No, I'm just going to use them as the legs for the

jump suit. We'll see how it goes. Cute. I'm going to do a muslim first.

I'm excited to see this. It's amazing. Me too. How are you doing? I'm good. Yeah.

In between recording, I like to sit outside in my yard, read a book, and last night,

I made like a very elaborate dinner. Oh, yeah. Lots of it. No, I guess I'll tell you,

I made steak tacos kind of inspired by the meal that you and Sam made for us when we were visiting

recently. And I made homemade tortillas too. You did? Yes, I did. Oh, proud of you. And they were

really, really good. They're so tasty, right? Yeah. It did take me like three hours to make dinner.

Sam makes it look so easy. I mean, I think it took us three hours when you guys were here too,

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